Listed: There are 98 visa-free or easy entry countries for Saffas to visit in 2019

Last year we could visit 94 countries this year the lastest visa-free list included 98 countries a South African can travel to.

The South African passport can sometimes feel heavy because of all the hoops one needs to jump through to travel the world but there is a great big world out there. Now we can visit 98 countries as opposed to the 94 we had on the list last year.

When consulting the Passport Index, we noted that while some countries are listed as visa-free, the others you can pay for the visa upon entry or exit of the country. With these exceptions in mind, they make up the total of 98 countries in 2019. Some eVisa countries were included in the list while other eVisas were excluded.

Below is the compiled list of countries that South Africans can visit without a visa (60) or you can apply for a visa upon arrival or prior using the eVisa method (38).

Visa-Free Travel Destinations:

Angola – 30 days

Antigua and Barbuda – 180 days

Argentina – 90 days

Bahamas – 90 days

Barbados – 180 days

Belize

Benin – 90 days

Botswana – 90 days

Brazil – 90 days

Chile – 90 days

Costa Rica – 90 days

Dominica – 180 days

Dominican Republic

Ecuador – 90 days

El Salvador – 90 days

Eswatini – 30 days

Fiji – 120 days

Georgia – 360 days

Grenada – 90 days

Guatemala – 90 days

Guyana – 30 days

Haiti – 90 days

Honduras – 90 days

Hong Kong – 30 days

Indonesia – 30 days

Ireland

Israel – 90 days

Jamaica

Kenya – 30 days

Kosovo – 90 days

Lesotho – 90 days

Macao – 30 days

Malawi – 90 days

Malaysia – 90 days

Mauritius – 90 days

Micronesia – 30 days

Mozambique

Namibia – 90 days

Nicaragua – 90 days

Palestinian Territories

Panama – 180 days

Paraguay – 90 days

Peru – 180 days

Philippines – 30 days

Qatar – 30 days

Russian Federation – 90 days

Saint Kitts and Nevis – 90 days

Saint Lucia – 42 days

Singapore – 30 days

South Korea – 30 days

St. Vincent and the Grenadines – 30 days

Tanzania – 90 days

Thailand – 30 days

Trinidad and Tobago – 90 days

Tunisia – 90 days

Uruguay – 90 days

Vanuatu – 30 days

Venezuela – 90 days

Zambia – 90 days

Zimbabwe – 90 days

Visa on Arrival or eVisa Travel Destinations:

Armenia visa on arrival / eVisa / 120 days

Azerbaijan eVisa

Bolivia visa on arrival / eVisa / 90 days

Cambodia visa on arrival / eVisa / 30 days

Cape Verde visa on arrival

Comoros visa on arrival / 45 days

Cuba tourist card / 30 days

Djibouti eVisa

Ethiopia visa on arrival / eVisa

Gabon visa on arrival / eVisa / 90 days

Ghana visa on arrival / 30 days

Guinea-Bissau visa on arrival / eVisa / 90 days

Iran visa on arrival / eVisa / 30 days

Jordan visa on arrival / 30 days

Kyrgyzstan visa on arrival / eVisa / 30 days

Laos visa on arrival / 30 days

Madagascar visa on arrival / 90 days

Maldives visa on arrival / 30 days

Marshall Islands visa on arrival / 90 days

Mauritania visa on arrival

Myanmar [Burma] eVisa / 28 days

Nepal visa on arrival / 90 days

Oman eVisa / 30 days

Palau visa on arrival / 30 days

Rwanda visa on arrival / 30 days

Saint Kitts and Nevis visa-free / 90 days

Saint Lucia visa-free / 42 days

Samoa visa on arrival / 60 days

Senegal visa on arrival / 90 days

Seychelles tourist registration / 30 days

Somalia visa on arrival / 30 days

Tajikistan visa on arrival / eVisa / 45 days

Timor-Leste visa on arrival / 30 days

Togo visa on arrival / 7 days

Turkey eVisa / 30 days

Tuvalu visa on arrival / 30 days

Uganda visa on arrival / eVisa

Uzbekistan eVisa

So where are you planning to travel in 2019?

“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries” – Aldous Huxley

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